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On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed new regulations for accountable care organizations. While they are complex – in excess of 400 pages in length – it is also clear that technology will play a significant role in implementing ACOs.
With the continuing weak economy and the advent of health reform, bundled reimbursement and accountable care organizations expected to ratchet up the financial pressure on their businesses, physicians are increasingly looking to health systems as employers.
With each advance in medical imaging, the role of radiology in healthcare becomes more central and the need for clinicians to have immediate access to medical imaging data more critical.
Connecting has never been more critical.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has named Farzad Mostashari, MD, to replace David Blumenthal, MD, as national coordinator for health information technology.
Approximately $240 million in newly launched federal grants have been made available for job training programs, including those in health IT.
With salaries rising as everyone pursues "the same pool of people," a veteran recruiter talks hospital hiring tactics.
Meaningful use incentives, HIPAA and ICD-10 conversion are combining to create a high demand for healthcare IT professionals in the marketplace. Eric Marx, vice president of healthcare IT services for IT staffing and recruiting firm Modis, discusses what hospitals and other healthcare organizations are doing to find the right people for the right jobs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule Monday on telemedicine credentialing and privileging that aims to not only make the process less cumbersome for small hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in rural areas, but also to provide more timely care.
Inventor of the modern mobile phone, Dr. Martin Cooper, says during a panel discussion that "the industry is still in its infancy."